. The Department of Health Behavior and Health Education (HBHE) at the University
of Michigan School of Public Health focuses on the social and behavioral factors associated
with health status and behavior. We develop programs that promote health, prevent
disease, and manage chronic illness.

Our multidisciplinary faculty provides students with a broad choice of courses that
emphasize individual, family, social network, community, and policy approaches to
health behavior and health education.

We create leaders who can analyze and intervene on a broad range of domestic and global
health matters across the lifespan and integrate cultural, ethical, socioeconomic,
and social justice issues into efforts to improve public health outcomes and quality
of life.

Our residential graduate degree programs include a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.),
an M.P.H./Master of Social Work (M.S.W.), an M.P.H./Master of Science in Human Genetics
(M.S.), and a and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.).